Trojans fall to Coalers in I-8

Friday

Jan 4, 2013 at 12:01 AMJan 4, 2013 at 11:50 PM

Dwight boys lose I-8 contest at home

Although Dwight was outscored in each of the first three quarters, two of the differences were negligible. It was the second period where Coal City buried the Trojans in an Interstate Eight Conference boys basketball tilt Friday night. The Coalers outscored DTHS 28-2 in the second quarter en route to a 63-36 victory. “We had a rough night shooting tonight. When that happens, you need to get tough at the defensive end and get stops,” DTHS head coach Eric Long said. “I thought tonight was one of the first times this season that we failed to give a great effort and let our offense effect our defense.” Coal City led 13-11 after the first quarter and outscored the Trojans 13-10 in the third. The game was well out of reach when Dwight outscored the Coalers 13-9 in the last period. Blake Huseman scored 10 points for Dwight. Caleb Boma added 6 points and Jacob Wardell threw in 5. Triston Dircks and Collin Irvin had 4 points apiece and Kiefer Kious, Carson Banks and Ryley Christoff chipped in 2 points apiece. Devin Connolly had 1 point.